A close-up portrait of a coal miner in Omar, West Virginia, 1938.
A replica of the Mayflower sails into New York Harbor with a welcoming fleet, November 1957.
Carson City firemen play cards while awaiting a call, January 1946.
Aerial view of harbor created to supply the invasion of Normandy, June 1944.
The Statue of Liberty hails dawn over New York Harbor in 1978.
Children play in pool they have dug out of the sand on the beach in Le Havre, France, 1936.
A man sells goldfish in baggies tied to a tree branch in Beirut, Lebanon, February 1983.
A farmer buring the hoof of a horse before shoeing it in Scotland, May 1921.
A sailor gets a tattoo on his arm in Virginia.
Children wearing Mardi Gras costumes in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Westinghouse demonstrates an electric razor using x-ray technology, May 1941.
Irish Guards remain at attention after one guardsman faints in London, England, June 1966.
The Britannic, a massive British steamer and sister ship to the Titanic, launches from Belfast Harbor in 1914.
A sled dog, tied to a whale rib, howls under the midnight sun in Alaska, 1969.
Men observe the giant statues of Easter Island in Polynesia, December 1922.
A Native American sends smoke signals in Montana, June 1909.
A British airman gives a signal to another friendly aircraft, 1918.
Newspaper boys cool off in a New York City park fountain, April 1916.
Traffic lights are made in Shreveport, Louisiana, and sent around the U.S. and abroad, December 1947.
Marine infantry in Taiwan practice using flame throwers in a simulated battle, January 1969.
Alan Shepard waits to become the first American in space, Cape Canaveral, 1961.
Water from the Dez River in Iran is used for irrigating once-parched land, January 1968.
John F. Kennedy’s coffin lies in state beneath the Capitol’s dome, November 1963.
A hippopotamus and his mate line up at tank’s edge at feeding time, March 1957.
Paratroopers in training land in a dusty field at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, February 1962.
A New York Central Mercury train is dwarfed by Cleveland’s Union Station, November 1936.
A police dog bites the ankle of man during a training session, March 1919.
U.S. military tanks parade near the Capitol Building in Washington DC, 1947.
A woman on a farmer’s shoulder emphasizes a corn crop’s height in Minnesota, 1916.
